Rome opens Baths of Caracalla at night time

Go to the Baths of Caracalla by the sunshine of the moon.

Rome’s majestic Baths of Caracalla will open to guests on 5 evenings this month: on 9, 15, 18, 22 and 29 September.

The guided excursions, organised by the particular superintendence of Rome, will embody areas of the baths advanced usually inaccessible to the general public, in addition to monumental artwork works by modern Italian artist Giuseppe Penone.

Along with taking guests to underground ranges and the Mithraeum, the tour itinerary will embody the reconstructed historic residence or domus with second-century frescoes dedicated to Roman and Egyptian deities, which opened to the general public this summer season.

“Yearly the Baths of Caracalla with the night openings reveal themselves of their magnificence as one of many symbolic locations of the capital” – mentioned Daniela Porro, particular superintendent of Rome – “the Baths will open the doorways of their treasures with a tour that gives many novelties and surprises”.On the 5 particular openings the Baths advanced will keep open from 20.00 to 23.00, with excursions leaving each quarter-hour from 20.15 to 21.45.

Reservations are required, with a most of 30 individuals per go to, and could be booked on the identical day. Group visits could be requested as much as in the future prematurely.

For full particulars see the web sites of Soprintendenza Speciale Roma or CoopCulture.